Finnnnallllllystarted.
I'm making a JM tshirt inspired by a wist item
With the text
BIG HEARTS
are for breaking
I have found a few cute fonts on dafont.com
harabara, bebas neue
I also made a corner bookmark that says,
so
read
your books
but stay out
late some nights
s o m e n i g h t s
It's corner-shaped so it's cute.
I am probably going to make some wall-art of some kind and maybe stencil some shorts and send the tshirt and shorts as a leisure/pajama set.
Send outs are October 1st so I'll post pictures as I complete things. I am feeling quite crafty today :)
I haven't posted in awhile. But I haven't swapped in awhile either. I haven't been doing much of anything except working.
I set a few hefty resolutions so I've been chipping away at those. Did anyone else make resolutions? My two big ones were
1. Read the Bible, cover to cover, in a year.
2. (Keep) training for a half marathon in October and December.
So most days, I work out and read.
I received this awesome Twilight charm bracelet in a swap that uses shrinkydinks, so I've been thinking about trying my hand at that. There are also some cool bead stores I've been wanting to check out, but haven't. So maybe this week(end) will finally be the time I do it. My other craft wishes for learning are metalsmithing and resin casting. I don't see those happening anytime too soon. But they're out there, in my imagination. I do look at Craftster on Facebook and see updates with new projects but I just haven't seen anything that cried out to me.
Looking forward, I will probably be posting for some Valentine's romantic/friendly gift ideas. And my anniversary is in March, so I might try some new stencils. I was *pretty* inspired by some of the stencils I saw on stencilry on other folks' blogs. I believe there was a stencil for Danny Effing Tanner?! Here's John Stamos.
http://www.stencilry.org/stencils/famous%20people/john%20stamos/
I'm also a big fan of the peacock feathers.
http://www.stencilry.org/stencils/nature/feathers/peacock-feathers-2.gif
I see the feathers in a rainbow stencil. It could be awesome. It would take a long time to cut out each quill thingy but it could be awesome. Then you need some funny feather pun. Anyway, that's my craft update. I'm still here. I'm just uninspired.
A neat wooden box from the craft store. I decked it out with craft paint and glossy ModPodge. She selected the quote. It's from a Vitamin C song.
Click to see it bigger. The dark behind the words is my cardboard. I love the rainbow effect of the text. I hope my partner does too! Those rainbow stars were a BITCH. They are VERY temperamental. Iron just so, iron from the reverse...many steps. But it came out cute, I think! I'm really pleased with it.
So that's what she's receiving. I also made a few small bookmarks. They didn't take much time so I didn't photograph them but I think they came out cute too. Bookmarks are an easy project!
I'm starting on Greg's shirts. Additionally, I'm making a shirt for him a la Crackdown that says, "Skills for Kills, Agent."
I am probably going to make 3-4 Jesse and the Rippers shirts. I mean, really, who doesn't love Full House?? Awesome.
I'm trying to brainstorm for the swap but I seem to be having a little trouble. My projects have to be mailed by the 15th of October. I might be one of the last ones to ship at this rate.
I know I'm going to stencil a few tshirts (I think the swap has to be 2 medium items [1-2hrs each] and two smalls [>1 hour each] which gives me a starting point but still...). I think I'm going to do something with the Party Crashing theme from Rant. Check that out here.
I'm thinking a Graphic Traffic Radio shirt, made to look like a cheezy radio free giveaway shirt with crazy colors and a cheezy graphic. I will have to brainstorm on that. Maybe come up with a stupid catchphrase of my own. I don't think Graphic Traffic had a frequency or catchphrase listed in the book.
I will probably do another tshirt for the other medium. Maybe a shirt commemorating the opening of the Tender Branson Sensitive Materials Sanitary Landfill (read about Survivor here).
I will dress up (collage, decoupage, modpodge to death) a journal to look like the Very Common Book of Prayer from Tender Branson. And probably another notebook for my other small. Though I'm not sure which novel I shall reference. Maybe just something simple and basic like "Cassie Wright's 600 Man Gangbang!" (snuff
I'm crafting for my partner's boyfriend and he's a musician who write lyrics, so I'm thinking notebooks can't be a bad choice. He also likes hats, I guess. I don't know if I could find a blank hat with much ease. I might be able to find a simple knit hat and applique something on to it. Hmmm...I haven't sewed in a looooong time. But that wouldn't be too hard.
As for me, I enjoy the more obscure references in literature. Something a little less surfacey and little more hidden in the shirts. I like for people to not understand what the shirt means. I made Greg a shirt a few years ago that says, "Sucks To Your Ass-Mar!" which he's worn the bejesus out of. One guy at the mall was a high school english teacher and he was seriously going to stencil himself a shirt. He was totally inquisitive about the method (freezer paper, fabric medium, x-acto knife) and it was a totally cool moment. It's a secret club--wearing these underground kind of shirts. So for me, I'd prefer a less popular thing. I wouldn't wear a shirt that just said "SNUFF BY CHUCK P." It's gotta be something like, "I banged Cassie Wright" or "Mr. 137." Hmmm that's another idea right there.
Jeez! This has been a great brainstorming session!
I'm planning on making a cute tshirt for my swap angel project. It's going to be video game themed--katamari damacy (best. game. evar!!!!)!
The front will say "I like to watch" (a little sexual humor for your Saturday) and the back will be the lovely King of All Cosmos with an excitable "Royal Rainbow!"
The End.
